ADHD Career Coach | Founder of Momentum — the 8-week coaching program built to get ADHD brains off the overthinking line and into a rhythm of task execution (even on low-energy days)

If you're like most senior leaders I work with, you're not stuck because you lack experience, but because locking into your next move feels impossibly heavy.

I know that feeling well.

For years, I could lead teams, close deals, and make high-stakes decisions without blinking.

But when it came to my own next step?

– Everything blurred.
– The options multiplied.
– The second-guessing crept in.

And the longer I sat with it, the harder it got to move at all.

You can probably relate:

– You can see multiple lanes.
– You can imagine yourself in all of them.
– You can talk yourself into each one if you're not careful.

But eventually, the weight of all those possibilities starts to work against you.

➝ Your story doesn't point anywhere.
➝ Your positioning feels scattered.
➝ Your confidence nosedives.

And you start asking the real question:

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄?"

Most people assume it's a motivation problem.

It's not.

𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.

Because when you're keeping too many options open, nothing really lands.

Once you stop hedging and lock into one clear lane, 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀:

➝ Your direction locks in. 
➝ Your positioning becomes clear. 
➝ Your visibility grows in the right spaces. 
➝ Your authority increases with the people who matter.

Small wins start stacking again.

Movement feels normal.

Confidence comes back online.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗜 𝗱𝗼.

Through 𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺 — my 8-week 1:1 career accelerator — I help leaders in transition stop hedging, lock into one clear path, and build visibility and authority where it actually matters.

Here's what you get:

– A structure for clarity, positioning, visibility, and authority
– The accountability and scaffolding that keep you steady
– 1:1 support to reduce friction instead of adding pressure
– A 2nd brain to guide the work between calls (Persona™)

By the time the conversations start, people already understand who you are, what you bring, and where you fit.

And once you lock in?

Momentum becomes the norm.

📩 𝗗𝗠 𝗺𝗲 "𝗠𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺" 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗵𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱.

David Hannan

Society for Corporate Governance

Currently managing the Society's annual four day National Conference for 700+ members and wrangling 150 speakers on 35+ panels at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

Conference Manager

Susquehannah Art Farm

I took a career break and, during this time, re-established a company I'd created many years ago. 

I wrote the first draft of a memoir of my fundraising work from the early 90s - 2016.

Writer

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Created and executed in-person programs designed to enhance employee engagement: lunches, contests, employee appreciation, happy hours, Casino Night (fundraiser for UNCP), holiday party, all summer outing, town hall, volunteer events (God's Love We Deliver, reading at the Matilda School), and much more. 

Planned and managed external client events in on-site conference space - St. John's School of Law, Terracycle, Withum, SHRM and more. 

Establish vendors relationships and manage contracts with NYC event spaces and restaurants. 

Created events budget from scratch; maintain and monitor expenses, reducing where applicable.

Managed in-house catering and facilities staff as well as additional support staff as needed. 

Managed and distributed tickets (Mets, Yankees, Giants, Jets) to partners for client engagement events.

Event Manager

KPMG

Planned and executed nearly 450 virtual, live, and hybrid internal and external programs and events.  Responsible for all aspects of event planning and execution including venue sourcing/selection, contracting, budgets, project timelines, event communications and registration, attendance reporting, invoice payments, complete post event reconciliation. 

Manage all nationally funded KFFL (KPMG For Family Literacy) live and virtual events. All programs raise money for the First Book organization, which buys books for underserved communities. Events  raised over $30,000. 

Expertise in preparing events for CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits; includes ensuring proper documentation, timing, and submissions follow NASBA guidelines for issuing credits to attendees.

Handled events for the Office Managing Partner in Short Hills. Events included large scale, annual internal events such as Town Hall, Holiday Party and Spring Carnival. Continued to manage client events for the Short Hills office.

Successfully transitioned to planning and managing virtual Learning and Development training programs, internal and client events during the pandemic. 

Trained contractors to manage virtual programs.

Led internal Sunshine Committee committed to boosting morale through employee engagement for personal and professional milestones.

The Carlyle Group

Consulted on reception/dinner for 80 top level internal and external attendees.

Project included site visits, menu and wine recommendations, AV budget management, and talent consultation.

Day of event management duties included stakeholder management, registration coverage, solutioning on-site issues.

Colgate-Palmolive

Coordinated Colgate-Palmolive’s “Colgate Cares Day” for 750 employees in New York and New Jersey corporate offices involved in 29 projects in three states (NY, NJ, CT). 

Acted as liaison between Colgate-Palmolive and 25 non-profit organizations, assigned duties to and managed a team leader for each project, arranged corporate donation payments, proof-read promotional materials, purchased food and other supplies from internal and external vendors, managed employees registration through Volunteer Match, and provided employees with excellent customer service in a kind, solution focused manner.

Louis Vuitton

Managed multi-million dollar short term exhibit of the history of the luxury brand located at the American Stock Exchange with a daily attendance of 5,000+ people.

Maintained schedule for tours and implementing crowd-control measures.

Responsible for organizing and scheduling 40+ Brand Ambassadors for all levels of service within exhibit; training docents for public and VIP attendees.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Orchestrated and promoted over 250 events on behalf of one of the world's leading financial groups, including executive-level meetings, town halls, conferences, and client entertainment events throughout the United States and Canada.

Worked with senior level management and C-suite executives to create event themes and reach budget approval for each project. Provided executives with budget and event updates throughout the planning process through post event reconciliation.

Event management included venue relationships, conducting site visits, negotiating contracts, Audio Visual, staffing and internal support team coordination, and post event reconciliation.

Managed corporate branding generation and inventory.

Successfully managed the One River Leadership Training Program. Managed a $2.5M budget for this quarterly program with an attendance of over 30 director-level and above. Directed a three-person events team, led venue sourcing, negotiated hotel contracts, secured speakers and other entertainers, arranged food & beverage and ground transportation.

Coordinated and executed the Economist Road Show, featuring a team of three economists engaged on a tour of nine cities to address prospects throughout the United States and Canada.

Events Manager, Cartoonist, Graphic Artist, Officiant, Emcee, Storyteller, Photographer

Corporate Event Planner, Producer, and Manager with 20+ years experience. Specialties include contract negotiation, budgets, stakeholder management, creating registration sites, logistics and hospitality. In every one of my corporate roles, I've worked the entire life cycle from initial discovery call to final budget reconciliation. 

I have also been involved in branding, marketing, ordering promotional items.

Types of events include internal and external events, on-site and off-site/destination events, client and employee events, planning and managing volunteer events, and much more including Town Halls, Holiday Parties, Happy Hours, Dinners, Conferences, Meetings, Scavenger Hunts, Escape Rooms, and Trade Shows. 

When I'm not working on Events, I have a love of cartooning as a hobby. I think my creativity helps me be a better Events professional - because event planning/management, well, it's kinda an Art. :)

As far as communication style and responding to connection requests, I'm always open to a little low pressure networking, a kind word, a joke, or a good wish on a happy occasion and/or milestone. 

Words/Phrases that will get your conversation my attention: "Please", "Thank you", "Here is 10 Million dollars". :) 

If you've gotten this far in the description, I salute you - some call this About box, the tenth level of Jumanji. :) 

But seriously, thank you for reading all of this and hope you have a fabulous day.

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